Contracts of employment: Duty on employer to pursue insurers for PHI payments

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In Marlow
v East Thames Housing Group Ltd [2002] IRLR 798, the High Court holds that
where an employee is contractually entitled to benefits paid by insurers
under a permanent health insurance policy with the employer, the employer
is bound to take all reasonable steps to secure those benefits from the
insurers. This could, depending on the circumstances, entail pursuing
litigation against the insurers.

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